The accompanying file (bits_io2006.dta) contains the data used in the following article:

�Competing for Capital: The Diffusion of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 1959-2000,� with Beth Simmons and Andrew Guzman.  2006.  International Organization 60(4).

The following stset command was used in Stata to prepare the data for event history analysis:

	stset year, id(dyad)  failure(bit) origin(time atrisk)

Please direct any questions, comments, or problems to Zachary Elkins (zelkins@uiuc.edu)



